Hog-yoke.



. C. S. WAYBRIGHT.

HOG YOKE.'

APPLICATION FILED 056.11.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

CHARLES S. WAYBRIGHT, 0F STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

HOG-YOKE.

Application fi1ec1 December 11, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns S. Warnnrorrr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Staunton, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Yokes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in hog yokes, and has for its object to prevent the hog from creeping through or under a fence, and without injury or discomfort to the hog, so arranged that the animal cannot be come caught or hung in the fence, bushes or the like, and which will not interfere with the hogs eating or lying down, and which may be made to fit any hog.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hog provided with the improved yoke; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the yoke removed.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the yoke comprises a body 1 and arms 2 extending laterally from the body, but diverging slightly from each other, and the free end of each arm is bent laterally outward in curved form, as indicated at 3. Each of these outwardly curved portions 3 has an opening 4, and a flexible member 5, a chain in the present instance, is connected at each of its ends with the opening, the chain being adapted to pass beneath the hogs neck, while the yoke rests upon the top of the neck.

A bar 6 is rigidly connected with the body of the yoke, preferably by electrically welding the bar to the body, and this bar is bent at an angle to the body of the yoke, so that when the yoke is in place on the hogs neck the bar will extend upwardly and forwardly at an angle to the back of the hog.

The object of this bar 6 is to engage the wire of a fence, to prevent the hog slipping beneath the wire, since the wire will be caught between the bar and the neck of the hog instead of slipping over the back of the hog as would be the case were the yoke not in place. The bar will also catch a fence rail or the bottom of a fence should the hog attempt to slip beneath the rail or the fence, and will prevent the further movement of the hog.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Serial No. 206,600.

The yoke is made from material which may be bent without breaking, in order that the arms of the yoke may be moved toward or away from each other to cause the yoke to fit smoothly on the neck of the hog. The chain may be of any desired length and may be lengthened or shortened to fit the hog.

There are no sharp edges on the yoke, all of the edges and ends being rounded so that no injury may result to the hog from strain on any part of the yoke. The improved yoke cannot chafe or rub the hogs neck and it does not interfere with his eating or lying down. All the parts that extend outwardly from the hog are at the back, that is, at the top of the hog when the yoke is in place. The bar is set at such an angle to the yoke that it will be certain to hook over the wires when the animal tries to get through or under a fence.

It will be noticed that a snap-hook 7 is provided for permitting the yoke to be attached and detached. This snap-hook is interposed in the length of the chain.

As best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the several parts of the yoke and of the projecting bar are so formed and so secured upon the neck of the hog that when several hogs are lying down together in a field or when closely confined in a feed lot there is no danger of the yoke of one hog injuring another hog, the yoke being especially constructed to prevent any such injury in the practical use of the device.

It will be noticed that the length of the chain is adjustable, by engaging the snaphooks T with different links. Thus the chain may be made to fit the neck of a hog of any size.

I claim:

A device of the character specified, comprising a rigid yoke shaped member adapted to fit over the back of a hogs neck and to extend down along the sides thereof, a chain connected with the ends of the yoke shaped member and adapted to pass beneath the neck of the hog to hold the member in place, and a bar secured to the center of the body of the yoke shaped member and inclining upwardly and forwardly at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees from the plane of the yoke shaped member.

CHARLES S. WAYBRIGHT.

Oepies of H11! patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. (1. 

